OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2009
MARTIN COMPSTON SHABANA BAKHSH WILLIAM RUANE in Fast Romance ALISON PEEBLES in Fast Romance BRYAN LARKIN in Fast Romance CAS HARKINS		FEATURE FILMS THE TIMES BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL (14^th – 29^th Oct) presents the UK premieres of THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ALICE CREED Co-starring MARTIN COMPSTON, Gemma Arterton and Eddie Marson VALHALLA RISING Starring Mads Mikkelson, Gary Lewis and GORDON BROWN and featuring ANDREW FLANAGAN The press for both features is exceptional: as are the performances – "Compston nails Danny's slippery desperation, making it impossible to ever know when he's telling the truth." Screen Daily / "terrific British thriller. . . brilliant" Baz Bamigboye Daily Mail On Valhalla Rising: "stark and brutal and surprisingly poetic" movingpictures / "a true original" Times BFI LFF Filming: LAST WORD (the Sigma Films David Mackenzie feature / Ewan Macgregor starrer) also features special cameos from SHABANA BAKHSH as a sympathetic nurse, JULIET CADZOW in full mourning and JAMES WATSON on the buses. . . Wrapped: the shoot of Carter Fergerson's original Scottish speed dating rom-com FAST ROMANCE starring WILLIAM RUANE and featuring JULIET CADZOW, ALISON PEEBLES, BRYAN LARKIN and DAVE ANDERSON (pix copyright Ickleflix/photographer Iain G Farrell) ~ PIMP, a guerilla style shoot on the streets of Soho for this mockumentary co-starring Danny Dyer, MARTIN COMPSTON, John Hannah, Billy Boyd and Shauna MacDonald. Shorts: WILLIAM RUANE, CAS HARKINS and STEVE CARTWRIGHT have just completed brutal gangster story TRIAGE for graduate director Greg Crosbie ~ KATE DICKIE and AGNIESZKA BRESLER have completed NATIVE SON for Scott Graham and Brocken Spectre ~ AGNIESZKA BRESLER					GORDON BROWN ANDREW FLANAGAN JAMES WATSON JULIET CADZOW DAVE ANDERSON in Fast Romance STEVE CARTWRIGHT
	First look: KATE DICKIE in OUTCAST The teaser poster from the Berlin Film Festival as OUTCAST is in post production – its release next year is greatly anticipated, not least because James Nesbitt and Kate Dickie have as one of their co-stars Karen Gillan, the new Dr Who's new companion –
				And Kate is in Seville, November 6^th to 8^th with WASTED (which stars NEIL LEIPER), in the New Brits section of the Film Festival	NEIL LEIPER in Wasted
ANTHONY BOWERS JOHN PAUL HURLEY JORDAN YOUNG SHONAGH PRICE STEWART ROBERTSON MATTHEW WORKMAN		TV News On screen: Roistering new 18^th century legal costume drama GARROW'S LAW fills Sunday evenings on BBC1 in November featuring ANTHONY BOWERS in the regular role of the Clerk; guest starring JULIE HALE and KATE DICKIE in episodes involving rape, highwaymen and the rights of man – can't wait! ~ GARROW'S LAW - NEIL MACKAY - IAN BRADY (THE RIGHT TO DIE) ~ In a more serious vein NEIL MACKAY portrays the young Ian Brady in THE RIGHT TO DIE, screening first on BBC Alba (available on BBC iplayer for general viewing 29^th Oct.) this is a drama documentary profile of the Moors murderer made by STV for MG Alba ~ On set: JOHN PAUL HURLEY has been filming in October on BEING HUMAN (the Werewolf/Ghost/Vampire menage a trois hit comedy/drama for BBC) playing a seriously damaged individual for director Kenny Glennan (SUMMER) ~ Returning after some years and a smash reunion Christmas special to set them up - RAB C NESBITT is back and JORDAN YOUNG returns as recurring character Chris with guest appearances by SHONAGH PRICE as Dr Lessnoff (!), and JAN WILSON, MATT COSTELLO and MARTIN DOCHERTY as other weegie exotics ~ RIVER CITY regulars GORDON MCCORKELL and EILEEN MCCALLUM are filming the next block of the long running BBC Scotland weekly drama until the end of November, with MARTIN DOCHERTY returning as everyman philosopher Nige ~ LIP SERVICE (Sex in the City meets This Life) is filming for BBC3 in Glasgow with a starry lead cast including the brilliant Laura Fraser, supported by recurring Police Constable STEWART ROBERTSON and wee hard man MATTHEW WORKMAN					JULIE HALE JAN WILSON MATT COSTELLO MARTIN DOCHERTY GORDON MCCORKELL EILEEN MCCALLUM
GREG POWRIE CAMERON MOWAT PANTO and CHRISTMAS SHOW news extravaganza coming so. . . Be afraid. . . Be very afraid!		THEATRE NEWS OUR GRADUATES 2009 KEVIN QUINN BEN WINGER QMUC 2009 QMUC 2009 AND GRADUATING IN 2010 (see them in Glasgow and London end of Nov.) SARA VICKERS TONY MCGEEVER RUTH MILNE GARY FRENCH RADA RSAMD CENTRAL RSAMD Booked: GREG POWRIE will lead John Dove's production of Arthur Miller's THE PRICE rehearsing from Dec and opening in January 2010 ~ SCOTT HOATSON is Romeo in ROMEO AND JULIET LIE BLEEDING for Charioteer Theatre co. in Italy Jan to March ~ And out there, somewhere: JENNY HULSE is touring in BRIGHT BLACK for Vox Motus ~ DAVID FITZGERALD is KAPPA, a one man show for Catherine Wheels ~ CAMERON MOWAT is in THE SILVER DARLINGS, directed by Kenny Ireland ~ MARTIN DOCHERTY (he's very, very busy these days) plays the Servant, a signature comic role, in Scottish Opera's revival of Giles Havergal's acclaimed production of L'ELISIR D'AMORE ~					JENNY HULSE DAVID FITZGERALD SCOTT HOATSON

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Recent films and TV available on DVD include – THE DAMNED UNITED (Martin Compston, Stewart Robertson), RED MIST (Martin Compston), SOMERS TOWN (Kate Dickie), SUMMER (Sean Kelly, Matthew Workman, Kate Dickie), DEAD SET (Kathleen McDermott), WATERLOO ROAD (Shabana Bakhsh), THE RETURN OF RAB C NESBITT (Jordan Young, Kathleen McDermott), STONE OF DESTINY (Juliet Cadzow, Bryan Lowe, Danielle Stewart), DEAR GREEN PLACE (Martin Docherty), DOOMSDAY (Martin Compston), WEDDING BELLES (Kathleen McDermott), RED ROAD (Kate Dickie, Martin Compston), A GUIDE TO RECOGNIZING YOUR SAINTS (Martin Compston), THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY (William Ruane), AE FOND KISS (Shabana Bakhsh, John Yule), TICKETS (William Ruane, Martin Compston), BALAMORY (Juliet Cadzow), WILD COUNTRY (Samantha Shields, Martin Compston), MORVERN CALLAR (Kathleen McDermott), SWEET SIXTEEN (Martin Compston, William Ruane, Matt Costello), plus TAGGART, REBUS, MONARCH OF THE GLEN and STILL GAME box sets feature many of our clients over the years

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